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Vessel with Stirrup Spout
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About this work
The stirrup spout first appeared on the North Coast in the ceramics of the Cupisnique culture, a Chavín contemporary, and remained an important North Coast spout form until the time of the Spanish conquest. It probably had symbolic meaning, now lost.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineVessel with Stirrup Spout, 1900s (thermoluminescence date). Peru, likely modern, inspired by the Cupisnique style. Earthenware; overall: 22.8 x 17.2 cm (9 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase, Bequest of Helen Humphreys, 1968.192
